12 Comments

1.Seriously? wrote:

How will this help on my block when the sanitation sweeper comes only once a month, so if they never come we can’t park just for the purpose of getting ticketed?

I suggest that for every cleaning day that the sweeper doesn’t come the city should get ticketed and pay all the tickets that were issued on that block for that day (in other words cancel all the tickets issued), then maybe at least the sweepers will come and we’ll get some cleaner streets or we’ll save on tickets.

Mostly I personally don’t suffer that much because I have a private driveway, but this alternate parking business under the disguise of cleaning streets, when in reality it happens maybe 5% of the time, is an absolute crime and probably unconstitutional as in “cruel & unusual punishment”…..

4.nsker wrote:

This is what they always do in more civilized cities like S Francisco. The traffic agent rides just before the sweeper.

In some places it is legally possible to have the sweepers themselves ticket the car in his way or maybe photograph it and get the ticket sent by the city later. NYC bus drivers can already do it to cars parked in bus stops.

All of which would mean that there will be no ticket without the sweeper.

5.Uncivilized wrote:

6.Mendy W wrote:

This bill will only help those pathetic losers who sit in their cars for the duration of alternate side parking. They really need to get a life – a life not centered around their cars.

But will this actually help them? No. Any effort to make car ownership easier will be rewarded with… You guessed it: More cars! Then the whole musical chairs parking waltz continues ביתר שאת וביתר עז!

What gets me about drivers who whine about alternate side parking is that a) these trucks clear the road from debris that can puncture YOUR tires, and b) the streets are not your personal driveway for free parking. Curbside parking is meant for people to temporarily park at their travel destinations, not to leave it there 24 hours thereby blocking others from legitimate use of the parking space. Rent some garage space off the street to store your private vehicle or don’t get one at all! The public space can be better used for things like plants or greenways.

8.Double Parking Disaster wrote:

It would be quite easy for the street sweepers to leave a “simon” that they had passed, but it would create great confusion and may render many streets impassible in places where they tolerate people double parking during street cleaning time. They would thus have to also crack down on the double parking in many places, so there’s no net gain, and probably a net loss.

9.Duh!@#$ wrote:

Why not just mount enforcement cameras on the street sweepers, so that a vehicle is only ticketed if / when it is in violation of obstructing the street cleaning process. The city seems to have done a fine job of enforcement other traffic rules this way.

10.A better idea wrote:

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12.Adrienne wrote:

I really hope that they will pass this props all because a lot of people will be happy, that we wouldn’t have to wait until the time is up. AL so Like IN Most Boroughs THE Only Move Their cars once a week. That law should be every where.